All 7 Uses of
entreat
in
King Lear
- Bethink yourself wherein you may have offended him: and at my entreaty forbear his presence until some little time hath qualified the heat of his displeasure; which at this instant so rageth in him that with the mischief of your person it would scarcely allay.†
Scene 1.2entreaty = an earnest request
- I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which, for my part, I will not be, though I should win your displeasure to entreat me to't.†
Scene 2.2entreat = ask earnestly
- I am sorry for thee, friend; 'tis the duke's pleasure, Whose disposition, all the world well knows, Will not be rubb'd nor stopp'd; I'll entreat for thee.†
Scene 2.2
- If you will come to me,— For now I spy a danger,—I entreat you To bring but five-and-twenty: to no more Will I give place or notice.†
Scene 2.4
- My lord, entreat him by no means to stay.†
Scene 2.4
- neither to speak of him, entreat for him, nor any way sustain him.
Scene 3.3 *
- Then pr'ythee get thee gone: if for my sake Thou wilt o'ertake us, hence a mile or twain, I' the way toward Dover, do it for ancient love; And bring some covering for this naked soul, Which I'll entreat to lead me.†
Scene 4.1
Definition:
to ask -- especially while trying hard to overcome resistance